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Isidor Gunsberg vs Joseph Blackburne
4th DSB Congress, Hamburg (1885), Hamburg GER, rd 14, Jul-23
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 7...O-O 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Nd2 f5 11.Nf3 f4 = 0.00 (21 ply) 8.a3 O-O 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nbd2 exd4 11.cxd4 Ng4 12.Rac1 ⩲ +0.63 (19 ply)= -0.13 (21 ply)better is 11.O-O Ne5 12.Be2 Re8 13.Rae1 Qh4 14.f3 a5 15.Bf2 Qe7 = +0.30 (20 ply) 11...Qh4+ 12.g3 Qe7 13.O-O Nf6 14.Bd4 Bh3 15.Rf2 c5 = -0.20 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.61 (21 ply) 12...d5 13.Rae1 Nc5 14.Bd4 Bxd4+ 15.cxd4 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 = 0.00 (20 ply) 13.Rae1 Nd7 14.Bf2 Bb7 15.Nc4 Ba6 16.b3 Bh6 17.g3 Rfe8 ⩲ +0.92 (19 ply)= -0.07 (23 ply)better is 16...Bd7 17.Nb3 Rbe8 18.Qd2 Qd8 19.Na5 Qb8 20.b4 Qb6+ = -0.17 (18 ply)= +0.37 (21 ply) after 17.Nb3 Rd8 18.e5 c5 19.c4 d4 20.Nd2 Rb6 21.Ne4 Bb7 22.Qd2 better is 17...f6 18.Nf3 c5 19.c4 d4 20.Be4 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 = 0.00 (20 ply)= +0.50 (22 ply)better is 19...Qh4 20.Kh1 Be6 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Qxc5 Qg3 23.Re3 Qh4 = +0.18 (19 ply)better is 20.g4 Kh8 21.Nf3 Rg8 22.f5 gxf5 23.Bxf5 h6 24.Bxc8 Rbxc8 ⩲ +0.83 (18 ply) 20...Bxf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Rxf5 Qe6 23.g4 Rb7 24.cxd5 = +0.25 (22 ply)+- +4.58 (21 ply)+- mate-in-13 after 34...Kg7 35.Rf1 Qxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Rf8+ 37.Kg1 Bf539...Qc8 40.Qd6+ Ke8 41.Qe7# +- mate-in-21-0

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  Honza Cervenka: 20...Bxe5 was a mistake which Gunsberg exploited with great energy.

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